Chad Young

🎄 Found under a pile of too many toys, enough for 442 boys, is a little-known gem of a Christmas special from 1993.  🎙️ Chad Young from the Horror Movie BBQ, Jeff Loftin from the Lost Christmas Podcast, and Sean Sotka from ChristmasPodcasts.com join us for the story of Jeremy Creek, a kid so greedy, Santa mistook his list for an entire town’s. Featuring the voices of Dick Van Dyke, Hal Smith, and the kid from “Kindergarten Cop” who gave us an anatomy lesson.  📺 You can find “The Town Santa Forgot” on the Internet Archive.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  The original poem: “Jeremy Creek” (Indianapolis Star, 1985)  Jeremy Creek (no relation) from the “Smallville” pilot.   Miko Hughes (Jeremy) in People magazine (2024): “Kindergarten Cop Child Actor Recalls Working with Arnold Schwarzenegger — and the Origin of That Iconic Line.”  Today’s TV Trope: Signs of Disrepair.  One of Hal Smith’s final voice acting roles during his lifetime. (He had a posthumous credit in “Zelda’s Adventure.”)  Larry Walters has a flying lawn chair and a BB gun.  ****  📼 Commercials:  NBC Commercial Break during the original 1993 airing of this special, including “The Muppet Christmas Carol” on VHS, and Wendy’s Big Bacon Classic.  ****  “The Town Santa Forgot” © 1993 Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc.  Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.  Hosted by The Retro Network.

🦃 This Thanksgiving in July, I’ve decided to treat y’all to a feast of a special I’ve had tucked away in my memory for decades, but it’s finally time to cross those Bridges.  🎙️ Chad Young and Tommy Coombs hop onto either side of our tractor for a hayride back to 1986 to watch a very special Disney family movie directed by Beau Bridges and featuring 3 generations of his family, along with teenage Jason Bateman and Courtney Thorne-Smith, and an injured goose named Chester.  📺 “The Thanksgiving Promise” is on YouTube with or without commercials.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  We all hung out!  TV Guide’s Close Up feature from 1986.  “Chester, I Love You,” the original book.  “In the Bag” (bump, bump).  Beau Bridges in “The Wizard.”  Lloyd Bridges as Izzy Mandelbaum on “Seinfeld.”  The Christian Cringe podcast on “The Buttercream Gang.”  Courtney Thorne-Smith (Sheryl) and Norm MacDonald on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” (1997).  Jason Bateman’s (Steve) turkey costume.  The “Gleaming the Cube” chicken scene.  Today’s TV Trope: Teetering on the Edge.  This Milk PSA with the most forward-thinking bullies ever (circa 1988).  McDonald’s put Fievel on a Christmas stocking. “An American Tail” opens with him celebrating Hanukkah.  ****  📼 Commercials:  Pringles Butter N Herbs (1986)  Bingo Bear (1986)  Kingdom Chums (1986)  “Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story” (1986)  McDonald’s: “One-Ups-Man-Ship” (1986)  “Gung Ho” TV series promo (1986)  Juicy Fruit: Skiing (1985)  Nutrasweet ad starring William “Refrigerator” Perry and his daughter (1986)  Cool Kids Club Podcast  ****  “The Thanksgiving Promise” © 1986 The Walt Disney Company.  Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🎄It’s 1992, and there’s no such thing as Buster Bunny.  🎙 Adam Pope, William Bruce West, and Chad Young help the Advent Calendar House wrap up Christmas in July with the unofficial series finale of “Tiny Toon Adventures,” when Buster wishes he’d never been on the show, and the horrors within Montana Max’s Biff Tannen Pleasure Palace or whatever.  📺 I found this special hiding in a 4-hour Christmas special compilation on the Internet Archive.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  “Meet the Tiny Toons” in the special edition magazine “Bugs Bunny: He’s 50, Folks” (1990).  “The Chipmunks Go to the Movies.”  Tony Pope (God) as Goofy in “Watch Out for Goofy” (the theme song for Adam’s 2 Goofs Podcast) and as the first voice heard in “Back to the Future.”  John Kassir (who voices Buster in this episode) as the Crypt-Keeper in RD’s Retro Detention Halloween Specials in 2019 and 2023.  Today’s TV Trope: Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal.  Jacoby & Meyers and a 2-minute-long tangent about personal injury lawyer commercials.  Arnold Schwarzenegger’s upcoming role as Santa in “The Man with the Bag.”  American Express Commercials with Mel Blanc and Jim Davis.  Bugs Bunny may have been voiced by an uncredited Noel Blanc, Mel’s son, for a single line at the end.  ****  📼 Commercials:  Godzilla: The Series Promo (1998)  Toy Story: Holiday TV Spot (1995)  ****  “Tiny Toon Adventures” and “It’s a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special” © 1992 Warner Bros.  Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 It’s 1983, and my emotional support jack-in-the-box is not providing much help for my Imposter Syndrome.  🎙️ Tommy Coombs, Jayme Kilsby, and Chad Young join us for a deep dive into another pre-ALF puppet special from Paul Fusco starring a very depressed elf in training trying to find where he belongs in Santa’s workshop by first finding everywhere he doesn’t belong.  Plus: Santa’s Swedish Chef-like human hands!  A three-eyed purple teddy bear we never get to see!  Paul Fusco inserting himself into his own Christmas fan fiction!  📺 You can watch “Santa’s Magic Toy Bag” on Tubi.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  Sherman looks like A Gnome Named Gnorm.  The hot dog puppet from “Funland.”  The History of the Nickelodeon Hotel (Defunctland)  The keeper of Santa’s Magic Toy Bag reminds me of the presidential designated survivor.  Superman impales some jerk’s truck on a telephone pole in “Man of Steel.”  Cracked: We Ruined Santa With Math.  ****  📼 Commercials:  Sears Video Game Arcade Christmas Sale (1983)  The Studio Demands It!  ****  “Santa’s Magic Toy Bag” © 1983 Imagicom Productions, Inc.  Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🦃 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we let the goofy alien puppet with the jokes toy with our emotions in “ALF’s Special Christmas.”  This time, ALF teaches us about Melmac’s version of Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, he’s already eaten the turkey, but there might still be some  sweet potato pie in the garage, with the homeless man.  🎙️ Chad Young, Tommy Coombs, and Jayme Kilsby join us around the Fappiano table as we aim a spoonful of squash back to 1988 for a very special, 2-part Thanksgiving episode.  📺 Watch “Turkey in the Straw” Part 1 and Part 2 on ALF’s official YouTube channel.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  ALF ruined Willie’s best belt to make his Thanksgiving pageant headdress.  Oh no, Tom brought up Gerbert.  Melmac’s version of Thanksgiving is named for Bob Fappiano, ALF’s assistant puppeteer.  ALF trying to eat wax fruit reminded me of Rizzo in “The Muppet Christmas Carol.”  I’m sad to report “Das Cornucopia, from Wagner Strauss’s ‘Der Feaster Famine,’” is not real.  Is turkey really an aphrodisiac?  What football game were the Alien Task Force agents watching?  Chad still has his ALF doll from Burger King.  ALF co-hosting the 1989 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.  ****  📼 Commercials:  Nobody Beats The Wiz Super Thanksgiving Sale (1985)  Fan Fix-tion.  ****  “ALF” and “Turkey in the Straw” © 1988 Alien Productions.  Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🎃 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we flew a sleigh made out of a dumpster into space with the California Raisins in “Will Vinton’s Claymation Christmas Celebration.”  This time, we’re reanimating a creepier creation of his from 1991 — a Halloween special that premiered in May for some reason.  🎙 Sammy Hain and Chad Young join us for “Claymation Comedy of Horrors,” starring the scheming Wilshire Pig on a quest to uncover the secret lab of Dr. Frankenswine.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  IMDb’s photo gallery from this special.  “The Adventures of Mark Twain.”  Todd Tolces’ website and YouTube résumé.  Michele Mariana (Wilshire) on “Sesame Street” as Cecile, the singing ball of clay.  Herb from Burger King.  Will Vinton wanted to build a theme park called Claymation Station with Wilshire Pig as its Mickey Mouse.  Raphael opened the floodgates for characters made for children saying curse words.  Sheldon the Snail bears a passing resemblance to The Noid.  A closer examination of the bathroom graffiti.  Today’s TV Trope: Removable Shell.  Does Famine’s business card say he’s from Limbo, Illinois?  ****  📼 Commercials:  McDonald’s Coke Float Commercial, 1991, aired during this special.  Another Zelda Podcast.  ****  “Claymation Comedy of Horrors” © 1991 Will Vinton Productions.  Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🦃 It’s 1983, and we’re spending Thanksgiving in July at the Saturday Supercade.  🎙️ Chad Young, Tommy Coombs, and Jayme Kilsby join us as we take a cue from Q*bert and pals and try to stay on topic as they learn how to build a Q home in a Q land in a retelling of the first Thanksgiving as square as the wheels on the Q*horse and buggy Pilgrim Q*bert wants to win. ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  We all tried to remember who brought up the Q*bert special last year while talking about “A Thanksgiving Tale,” and we were all wrong.  Even “Kangaroo” got a “Saturday Supercade” segment eventually.  Peter Cullen was the first voice of Mario in the “Donkey Kong” segment.  “The Kingdom Chums: Little David’s Adventure,” an animated retelling of David and Goliath featuring Billy Bowles (Q*bert) as a stuffed lion come to life.  Pauline and her return in “Super Mario Odyssey.”  We accidentally introduce Chad to “Spookley, the Square Pumpkin.”  They gave the snakes arms!  Viper has a Mae West voice, which leads into a tangent about “Quasi at the Quackadero.”  Chief Q*Eagle reminded me of Randall Cunningham’s name in Tecmo Super Bowl.  Saturday Supercade’s extensive use of the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library.  Home Movies: “Don’t Put Marbles in Your Nose.”  Mike guests on TPIF: Thank Pod It’s Funny to discuss the Perfect Strangers Thanksgiving episode, “Wild Turkey.”  ****  📼 Commercials:  John Wanamaker’s 1988 Thanksgiving Sale.  Tis the Podcast.  ****  “Saturday Supercade,” “Q*bert,” and “Thanksgiving for the Memories” © 1983 Ruby-Spears Productions.  Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🐰 It’s 1983, and despite replacing our entire body with robot parts, we still can’t plow faster than a rapidly growing magic forest baby.  🎙 Chad Young and Sammy Hain join us as we get things rolling with the mascots of Paas Easter egg coloring kits in a secret hit piece on landlords disguised as a wacky Easter story. On the way, we’ll meet the ever-looming shadow of the Easter Bunny and teach animals to talk by giving them clothes.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  The History of Paas.  Patton Oswalt on Paas and its short-lived competitors.  This special was written by Rankin/Bass legend Romeo Muller, with songs composed by Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan of The Turtles.  Charles Woolf (Terrence) in “Elvira: Mistress of the Dark.”  The origin of a farmer’s “South 40” and the Homestead Act of 1862.  Paas replaced their mascot characters. The only original one left is Feathers — if that’s even the same Feathers.  ****  📼 Commercials:  Paas Easter Egg Coloring Kit (1984)  Holidays After Dark.  ****  “Peter and the Magic Egg” © 1983 RLR Associates, Ltd. / Romeo Productions, Inc.  Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🦃 We’re talking turkey as we dig up and dig in to a 1983 Thanksgiving special from puppeteer Paul Fusco, the creator of ALF.  🎙️ Chad Young, Tommy Coombs, and Jayme Kilsby join us the follow a turkey’s dream of stardom that ends with dogs and cats living together.  📺 You can watch “A Thanksgiving Tale” on Youtube, with curated retro Thanksgiving commercials.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  Imagicom Productions’ Holiday Specials Collection.  Fred Travalena as the Joker in the 1989 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.  A November 16, 1983 TV listing in an archived New York Magazine.  Paul Fusco’s “Space Cats.”  David Lander in “Funland.”  Mental Floss’s Oral History of ALF.  Today’s TV Trope: Invited as Dinner.  The “You Bet Your Life” Duck.  The art of making puppets fight: Throw them into the air from behind a fence.  We compare the Thanksgiving play in this special to the one in Addams Family Values.  ****  📼 Commercials:  Butterball Turkey Commercial (1985)  Christmas Time in the City.  ****  “A Thanksgiving Tale” © 1983 Imagicom Productions, Inc.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 Garbageman is here for your Christmas spirit.  🎙️ Tommy Coombs and Chad Young join us as we look happily deranged back to 1996 to follow Pete and Pete’s brother, Pete, on their mission to keep Christmas going for as long as possible, and keep their Christmas tree safe from the evil Garbageman.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  Michael C. Maronna (Big Pete) in “Home Alone,” and in a series of Ameritrade commercials circa 1999.  “Snow Day” was originally conceived as a Pete & Pete movie.  The first Pete & Pete short, “What Would You Do for a Dollar?”  The Pete & Pete 20th Anniversary Reunion.  Danny Tamberelli (Little Pete) as Jimmy De Santa in “Grand Theft Auto 5.”  Hardy Rawls (Dad) as the Maytag Repairman circa 2005.  Sludge Central on “Pete & Pete” filming in New Jersey.  Chad and Michael May talk “Silent Night, Deadly Night.”  David Johansen sings “Garbageman’s Ballad.”  The Max Headroom Pirating Incident.  A mini ode to character actress Marilyn Dobrin as the Wrigleys’ notably loud neighbor.  ****  📼 Commercials:  The Adventures of Pete & Pete: “Mom’s Plate” (1991)  Christmas Clatter.  ****  “The Adventures of Pete & Pete” and “O’ Christmas Pete” © 1995 Viacom.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 Go-go Gadget podcast! It’s time to spring back to 1992 to take “Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas” in for questioning.  🎙 Chad Young accepts our assignment to investigate the time Dr. Claw took over Santa’s workshop for some reason.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  Nick Knacks, a show-by-show video history of Nickelodeon.  Halloween 1992 was the year of white kids dressing like Steve Urkel.  Inspector Gadget’s run on Nickelodeon got me into “Get Smart” on Nick at Nite.  The time Chad got a crew jacket from the set of the “Inspector Gadget” movie.  The action figure that revealed Dr. Claw’s goofy face.  The Inspector Gadget Super Nintendo game, featuring the same alternate theme song as this special.  Maurice LaMarche subbing for Don Adams for Gadget’s weird version of “The 12 Days of Christmas” is similar to Jim Cummings finishing “Be Prepared” for Jeremy Irons in “The Lion King.”  Where’s the camera Penny’s Not Apple Watch uses to see Brain?  Jerry “The King” Lawler entering the 1997 Royal Rumble Match in the middle of a sentence, then finishing it after being eliminated in 4 seconds.  “Disney’s Christmas All-Time Favorites.”  ****  📼 Commercials:  Cookie Crisp Cereal Christmas Commercial (1992)  Tinsel Tunes.  ****  “Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas” © 1992 DiC Entertainment.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 It’s another Scrooge Sunday in the Advent Calendar House as we’re swept through a rip in the space-time continuum back to 1986 for a Christmas Carol-themed episode of “The Real Ghostbusters.”🎙 Tommy Coombs and Chad Young join the adventure after our heroes accidentally save Scrooge from the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  Hey, grown-ups! Remember getting lost while driving when we didn’t all have maps of the entire planet in our pockets?  Scrooge pays the Ghostbusters a mint-condition shilling from 1837, so we looked up its actual value.  You can actually buy Christmas Carol View Master reels from the 1950s online.  Rick and Morty talking about Bill Murray and Lorenzo Music comes up and goes… somewhere.  Egon entering the ghost containment unit looks like the warp tunnel on Space Mountain.  The other ghosts in the containment unit are callbacks to previous episodes, including Sandman, who bears a passing resemblance to the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.  Santa should not laugh like Megatron.  ****  📼 Commercials:  The Real Ghostbusters Firehouse Playset, Tombstone Tackle, and X-Cop (1986)  Tis the Podcast.  ****  “The Real Ghostbusters” and “Xmas Marks the Spot” © 1986 Columbia Pictures Television.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 Set your sentient clocks back to 1988 for a very wound-up and thrown out into a pile of junk in another dimension episode of the Advent Calendar House.  🎙 Chad Young joins us for a one-time-only trip to Tattertown, the holiday brain-child of Ralph Bakshi and Nickelodeon’s first-ever original animated TV program.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  “Christmas in Tattertown” sketches from Bakshi Productions.  Nick Knacks on “Christmas in Tattertown.”  Cameos by Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Flip the Frog, and Popeye.  Today’s TV Trope: The Up the Real Rabbit Hole.  A shout-out to the dearly departed Hollywood Video for staying open on Christmas Day for idiots like me who forgot to ask for required accessories like the Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak.  Wawa’s Holiday Gobbler hoagie.  Bosko and Honey on “Tiny Toon Adventures.”  A brief introduction to “snoap,” Florida’s fake snow.  ****  “Christmas in Tattertown” ©1988 Bakshi Productions, Inc.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 Everyone’s after the little guy for no reason.  🎙️ Chad Young joins us for a short-statured trip back to 1982 to explore “Ziggy’s Gift,” a one-off TV Christmas special starring no one’s favorite funny papers hero and featuring a beautifully animated puddle of dog pee.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  “Ziggy’s Gift” on Dinosaur Dracula After Dark.  “The Point,” a Harry Nilsson album turned into an animated movie.  Ziggy’s toothpaste looks like Beetlejuice sandworms.  Ziggy Theories: Is he adult Charlie Brown? A vegetarian? A guardian angel?  The time Chad met Billy West, who stood on a chair because he thought Chad was too tall.  The time I inquired about a job opportunity that wasn’t what I expected.  The terrifying robot Santa window display reminded me a little too much of the equally terrifying “Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure.”  Frank Welker voiced 25 characters in this special if you count each individual turkey.  Ziggy’s kettle has the Glow from “The Last Dragon.”  The “Linus moment” is out; the “Skeletor face turn” is in.  ****  “Ziggy’s Gift” ©1982 Universal Press Syndicate.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 By the power of Grayskull, the only holiday podcast with Battle Damage action is back to be nice, kind, and wonderful to 1985’s He-Man and She-Ra Christmas special, in which Skeletor’s heart grows three sizes.  🎙️ Brandon Medley and Chad Young are here to help me identify everyone at Eternia’s first ever Christmas party. And Brandon’s dog stops by because he heard us talking about the Beast Monster!  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  He-Man and She-Ra are between 18 and 21 years old and gave children unreasonable expectations of what they’d look like when they grow up.  Greyskull Wiki has an entire section of Queen Marlena’s entry dedicated to speculating about her religion.  The Monstroids exist because the makers of He-Man toys want you to believe giant robots that can transform are evil.   Skeletor and Hordak are basically Miracle Max and his wife from “The Princess Bride.”  This may have been the first time I’d ever seen someone yank off Santa’s beard.  ****  “He-Man/She-Ra: A Christmas Special” © 1985 Mattel, Inc.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 Hang on to your creepy mistletoe hat as we hit the Bayside Mall for a 2-part “Saved by the Bell” Christmas special from 1991.  🎙️ Chad Young and Tommy Coombs drop in to watch Zack get way too shook upon learning the latest girl of his dreams is homeless.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  Chad’s write-up on “Home for Christmas” from 2013.  That time WWE’s Daniel Bryan got fired for choking out an announcer.  Puppy Surprise, the dog that’s pregnant.  Dustin Diamond’s terrible heel turn on “Celebrity Fit Club.”  Homer Simpson beat Screech to the “What’s the number for 911?” joke by a year in “Bart vs. Thanksgiving.”  Who waits until Christmas Eve to buy a tree?  The Evolution of the Zack Morris phone.  Funny or Die: The Time Zack Morris Gave Himself A Homeless Girl For Christmas.  ****  “Saved by the Bell” and “Home for Christmas” © 1991 National Broadcasting Company, Inc.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 We dug down like dogs to the bottom of the VHS bargain bin and found “Jingle Bell Rap,” an overlooked special from 1991 that had all the potential to become a Christmas classic, but none of the airtime.  🎙️ Chad Young drops in to introduce me to this special from Perennial Pictures, a studio that managed to spend the entire 1990s producing a whole slew of holiday specials I never knew about till now.  📺 You can watch “Jingle Bell Rap” in Tubi.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  “Jingle Bell Rap” on Perennial Pictures.  Fruity Pebbles’ “Master Rapper” commercial.  Shout-out to the Cult Film Club and “Plot in 60 Seconds.”  Rollover’s dad looks like angry Homer Simpson.  Ralph Wiggum’s heart breaks in slow motion.  New Kids on the Block perform “Funky Funky Xmas” on “The Arsenio Hall Show.”  ****  “Jingle Bell Rap” © 1991 Perennial Pictures.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🎃 The Advent Calendar House presents a dazzling display of magical mischief.  🎙️ Chad Young creeps in to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of “Witch’s Night Out,” an often remembered, then forgotten, then re-remembered Halloween classic from 1978.  📺 You can watch “Witch’s Night Out” on Tubi.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  WitchsNightOut.com, the official website.  Anytown Series, a planned sequel, and other holiday specials in development.  Toys “R” Us TV commercial from 1980, featuring ”the Big Bird Halloween costume and the Yoda Halloween costume.”  Ghostbusters Fright Features action figures.  Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?  Malicious’s food may or may not have been inspired by Joys of Jell-O.  ****  “Witch’s Night Out” © 1978 Leach/Rankin Productions.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🎆 We’re back for a surprise summertime episode on the 1986 animated movie, “The Adventures of the American Rabbit.”  🎙️ Chad Young from the Horror Movie BBQ joins our cross-country adventure through a star-spangled box-office bomb from Fred Wolf Films and Toei Animation, starring the voices of Donatello, Garfield, Baby Piggy, and King Triton.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  The late Stewart Moskowitz’s archived gallery and current website, operated by his family.  Too-Loose, the Chocolate Moose.  Ping Pong, the Gorilla who ate Garfield.  ****  “The Adventures of the American Rabbit” © 1985 Wolfkill Productions, Inc.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.

🎄 Trudge back to 1974 as we dig up a rare gem, “The Gift of Winter,” which introduces a colorful cast of characters from Anytown, better known from its Halloween sequel, “Witch’s Night Out!”  🎙️ Chad Young from the Horror Movie BBQ joins the quest for an audience with Old Man Winter alongside pre-“Saturday Night Live” Gilda Radner and Dan Aykroyd.  📺 You can watch “The Gift of Winter” on Tubi.  ****  💬 Topics & Tangents:  Treatments for a whole Anytown Series, which includes sequel stories for Thanksgiving, New Year’s Eve, and Valentine’s Day.  Whenever Bazooey’s not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, “Where’s Bazooey?”  The special’s true heroes: A couple of gay trees.  Every parade should end at the Rocky steps.  ****  “The Gift of Winter” © 1974 Leach/Rankin Productions.  Find us at adventcalendar.house.